2019 is fully underway, just six weeks after you finally stopped putting “2017” on that one check you still have to write each month. The news channels are full of people predicting things good and bad for the next 364 days, so we asked Patrick Buck, managing director of Taris Real Estate what he thinks lies head. Mr. Buck sees six key things happening in 2019: Condos come back in a big way Federal Reserve lowers interest...

The new Near West Side condo block going up at 900 West Washington is rapidly approaching completion. 900 West is expected to have its first new residents move in by the end of the summer. The 10-story building designed by Northworks Architects and Planners for TARIS Real Estate replaced a one-story office building that was actually not bad looking. It had lots of glass and interesting angles, and was surprisingly modern looking for...

Another developer is going to try to put up a huge skyscraper in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. Tucker Development and Related Midwest want to replace a surface parking lot with a 51-story residential skyscraper at 156 North Peoria Street. While the area west of the West Loop has welcomed skyscrapers along the Kennedy Expressway in Greektown, anything taller than a good pole vault immediately brings out a pack of...

A new luxury condo development is on tap for the Near West Side, a stone’s throw from Restaurant Row. Taris Real Estate plans to develop 24 high-end homes at 900 West Washington Boulevard. The development, known as 900 West, will feature an industrial-chic design. The building, designed by Northworks Architects and Planners, will also feature two penthouse apartments. The proposed 10-story project will sit on the site of an...